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Copiphora sp.
Most of the time I am very close and sometimes faaaar away ;-)...
That's exactly the reason why I didn't get closer than Copiphora, the missing median line. These katydids are usually not easy to ID to species level.
You must be very close, Bayucca, it looks a lot like Copiphora rinoceros, except for the purplish stripe on its "back". Maybe it had it.
Looks similar to Copiphora rinoceros:http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/Basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=2783
But there are many other species there.